The association between nutrition transition score and measures of obesity: results from a cross-sectional study among Latina/o immigrants in Baltimore

BACKGROUND: Studies suggest that US Latinos have a higher prevalence of obesity than White Americans. However, obesity may differ by pre-immigration factors and Latinos’ cultural representations of ideal body image. This paper explores whether country of origin’s stage in the nutrition transition is...

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Autores principales: Martínez, Airín D, Juon, Hee-soon, Levine, David M, Lyford-Pike, Victoria, Peters, Sadie
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4099090/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25001844
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1744-8603-10-57

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4099090/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25001844
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1744-8603-10-57

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